On Regents and Reality

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 23, 2004 | Editorial

[OESY]

Californians probably think racial preferences in college admissions ended in 1996 when voters approved Proposition 209. But John Moores, chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of California, says some UC administrators have been manipulating the system and defying the law for the past eight years. Last week Mr. Moores's fellow regents voted 8-6 to censure him for expressing these views in a recent Forbes magazine opinion piece. A medal is more like what the man deserves.

[OESY]

Too often the search "diversity" is a search for those who think the same. Those who express views independent of the liberal orthodoxy are punished.

[newgeezer]

Delusional, dope-smoking do-gooders in the world of academia (California, no less).

Nothing new here.

[Alia]

John Moores is absolutely RIGHT. Public officials and entities in CA have had to be SUED (brought to court) to make them obey the law! Not even to mention all the work-arounds the heads of colleges have "approved" in re "admissions".